Momina Klisura Hydroelectric Power Station

Momina Klisura Hydro Power Plant
Location of Momina Klisura Hydro Power Plant in Bulgaria
Country	Bulgaria
Location	Momina Klisura
Coordinates	42°13′55″N 23°56′58″E / 42.23194°N 23.94944°E / 42.23194; 23.94944Coordinates: 42°13′55″N 23°56′58″E / 42.23194°N 23.94944°E / 42.23194; 23.94944
Status	Active
Owner(s)	NEK EAD
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Hydropower
Power generation
Units operational	4
Nameplate capacity	120 MW

The Momina Klisura Hydro Power Plant is an active hydro power project in the eastern Rila mountains, located at the Maritsa river near Momina Klisura village, Bulgaria. It has 4 individual turbines^[1] with a nominal output of around 30 MW which will deliver up to 120 MW of power.^[2] It is the final stage of the Belmeken-Chaira-Sestrimo Hydropower Cascade.

References

Power plants in Bulgaria with more than 100 megawatts (130,000 hp) installed capacity

Nuclear power plants:	Kozloduy - 3,760 MW Belene - 2,000 MW

Thermal power plants:	Maritsa Iztok 2 - 1,470 MW Varna - 1,260 MW Maritsa Iztok 3 - 900 MW Bobov Dol - 630 MW Ruse Iztok - 600 MW Maritsa Iztok 1 - 500 MW Maritsa 3 - 240 MW Republika - 180 MW Sofia - 130 MW Sofia Iztok - 100 MW

Hydro power plants:	Chaira - 840 MW Dospat-Vacha - 670 MW Belmeken - 375 MW Sestrimo - 240MW Batashki Vodnosilov Pat - 230 MW Kardzhali - 170 MW Gorna Arda - 160 MW Orphey - 160 MW Peshtera - 128MW Momina Klisura - 120 MW Sredna Vacha - 120 MW Ivailovgrad - 110 MW

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, March 22, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.